60% of House Republicans Vote Against Motion to Balance Highway Trust Fund
Friday, June 8th, 2012 and is filed under Blog, Taxes
For all the talk about a balanced budget, Republicans seem to vote against any opportunity to balance even part of the budget. As we noted yesterday, Congressman Paul Broun introduced a motion to instruct the conferees on the highway bill to spend only as much as the gas tax revenue purveys in 2013. The gas tax revenue is projected to be $37.5 billion, but Democrats and Republicans on the conference committee want to spend as much as $50 billion to fund their mass transit projects and union level wages. This motion would have demanded from conferees that they keep spending levels to $37.5 billion.
Unfortunately, only 82 Republicans supported it while 145 voted against it. Of course, not a single Democrat voted for it. This is a sad testament to the current status of the Republican Party.
You can find the full roll call results below the fold:
Here are the 82 Republicans who voted for fiscal solvency:
- Adams, S. (FL-24)
- Amash (MI-03)
- Bachmann (MN-06)
- Black, D. (TN-06)
- Blackburn, M. (TN-07)
- Brooks (AL-05)
- Broun (GA-10)
- Buerkle (NY-25)
- Burgess (TX-26)
- Burton, D. (IN-05)
- Campbell, J. (CA-48)
- Carter (TX-31)
- Chabot (OH-01)
- Chaffetz (UT-03)
- Conaway (TX-11)
- Culberson (TX-07)
- Duncan, Jeff (SC-03)
- Fincher (TN-08)
- Flake (AZ-06)
- Fleming (LA-04)
- Flores (TX-17)
- Foxx (NC-05)
- Franks, T. (AZ-02)
- Garrett (NJ-05)
- Gingrey (GA-11)
- Goodlatte, R. (VA-06)
- Gowdy (SC-04)
- Granger (TX-12)
- Graves, S. (MO-06)
- Graves, T. (GA-09)
- Hastings, D. (WA-04)
- Heck (NV-03)
- Hensarling (TX-05)
- Huelskamp (KS-01)
- Huizenga (MI-02)
- Hurt (VA-05)
- Issa (CA-49)
- Jenkins (KS-02)
- Jones (NC-03)
- Jordan (OH-04)
- King, S. (IA-05)
- Kingston, J. (GA-01)
- Lamborn (CO-05)
- Latta (OH-05)
- Manzullo (IL-16)
- Marchant (TX-24)
- McCaul (TX-10)
- McClintock (CA-04)
- McHenry (NC-10)
- Miller, J. (FL-01)
- Mulvaney (SC-05)
- Myrick (NC-09)
- Neugebauer (TX-19)
- Olson (TX-22)
- Pence (IN-06)
- Poe (TX-02)
- Pompeo (KS-04)
- Posey (FL-15)
- Price, T. (GA-06)
- Quayle (AZ-03)
- Rohrabacher (CA-46)
- Rokita (IN-04)
- Rooney (FL-16)
- Ross, D. (FL-12)
- Royce (CA-40)
- Ryan, P. (WI-01)
- Scalise (LA-01)
- Schweikert (AZ-05)
- Scott, A. (GA-08)
- Scott, T. (SC-01)
- Sensenbrenner (WI-05)
- Smith, Lamar (TX-21)
- Stutzman (IN-03)
- Sullivan (OK-01)
- Thompson, G. (PA-05)
- Thornberry (TX-13)
- Walsh (IL-08)
- West, A. (FL-22)
- Westmoreland, L. (GA-03)
- Wilson, J. (SC-02)
- Woodall (GA-07)
- Yoder (KS-03)
Here are the 145 Republicans who voted no:
- Aderholt, R. (AL-04)
- Alexander, R. (LA-05)
- Amodei (NV-02)
- Austria (OH-07)
- Bachus, S. (AL-06)
- Barletta (PA-11)
- Bartlett, R. (MD-06)
- Barton, J. (TX-06)
- Bass, C. (NH-02)
- Benishek (MI-01)
- Berg (ND-AL)
- Biggert (IL-13)
- Bilbray, B. (CA-50)
- Bonner (AL-01)
- Bono Mack, M. (CA-45)
- Boustany (LA-07)
- Brady, K. (TX-08)
- Buchanan (FL-13)
- Bucshon (IN-08)
- Calvert (CA-44)
- Camp, D. (MI-04)
- Canseco (TX-23)
- Cantor (VA-07)
- Capito (WV-02)
- Cassidy (LA-06)
- Coffman (CO-06)
- Cole (OK-04)
- Cravaack (MN-08)
- Crawford (AR-01)
- Crenshaw (FL-04)
- Davis, G. (KY-04)
- Denham (CA-19)
- Dent (PA-15)
- DesJarlais (TN-04)
- Diaz-Balart (FL-21)
- Dold (IL-10)
- Dreier (CA-26)
- Duffy (WI-07)
- Duncan, John (TN-02)
- Ellmers (NC-02)
- Emerson, J. (MO-08)
- Farenthold (TX-27)
- Fleischmann (TN-03)
- Forbes (VA-04)
- Fortenberry (NE-01)
- Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)
- Gallegly (CA-24)
- Gardner (CO-04)
- Gerlach (PA-06)
- Gibbs, B. (OH-18)
- Gibson, C. (NY-20)
- Gosar (AZ-01)
- Griffin (AR-02)
- Griffith (VA-09)
- Grimm (NY-13)
- Guinta (NH-01)
- Guthrie (KY-02)
- Hall, R. (TX-04)
- Hanna (NY-24)
- Harper (MS-03)
- Harris (MD-01)
- Hartzler (MO-04)
- Hayworth (NY-19)
- Herger (CA-02)
- Herrera Beutler (WA-03)
- Hultgren (IL-14)
- Hunter (CA-52)
- Johnson, B. (OH-06)
- Johnson, Timothy (IL-15)
- Kelly (PA-03)
- King, P. (NY-03)
- Kinzinger (IL-11)
- Kline, J. (MN-02)
- Lance (NJ-07)
- Landry, J. (LA-03)
- Lankford (OK-05)
- Latham (IA-04)
- LaTourette (OH-14)
- LoBiondo (NJ-02)
- Long (MO-07)
- Lucas, F. (OK-03)
- Luetkemeyer (MO-09)
- Lummis (WY-AL)
- Lungren (CA-03)
- Marino (PA-10)
- McCarthy, K. (CA-22)
- McCotter (MI-11)
- McKeon (CA-25)
- McKinley (WV-01)
- McMorris Rodgers (WA-05)
- Mica (FL-07)
- Miller, C. (MI-10)
- Miller, Gary (CA-42)
- Murphy, T. (PA-18)
- Noem (SD-AL)
- Nugent (FL-05)
- Nunes (CA-21)
- Nunnelee (MS-01)
- Palazzo (MS-04)
- Paulsen (MN-03)
- Pearce (NM-02)
- Petri (WI-06)
- Pitts (PA-16)
- Platts (PA-19)
- Reed, T. (NY-29)
- Rehberg (MT-AL)
- Reichert (WA-08)
- Renacci (OH-16)
- Ribble (WI-08)
- Rigell (VA-02)
- Rivera (FL-25)
- Roby (AL-02)
- Roe (TN-01)
- Rogers, H. (KY-05)
- Rogers, Mike (MI-08)
- Rogers, Mike D. (AL-03)
- Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18)
- Roskam (IL-06)
- Runyan (NJ-03)
- Schilling (IL-17)
- Schmidt (OH-02)
- Schock (IL-18)
- Sessions, P. (TX-32)
- Shimkus (IL-19)
- Shuster, Bill (PA-09)
- Simpson, M. (ID-02)
- Smith, Adrian (NE-03)
- Smith, C. (NJ-04)
- Southerland (FL-02)
- Stearns (FL-06)
- Stivers (OH-15)
- Terry (NE-02)
- Tipton (CO-03)
- Turner, B. (NY-09)
- Turner, M. (OH-03)
- Upton (MI-06)
- Walberg (MI-07)
- Walden, G. (OR-02)
- Webster (FL-08)
- Wittman (VA-01)
- Wolf (VA-10)
- Womack (AR-03)
- Young, C.W. (FL-10)
- Young, D. (AK-AL)
- Young, T. (IN-09)